[Xymon] How to setup a custom script to attempt server logons and other functions

[Larry Barber]

I typically use Python with pexpect to do this sort of thing. The folowing
snippet will log on to a Brocade switch, run a command and return the
result:

while True:
        logon_cmd = 'ssh ' + cfg_file.getVal("remote_user") + '@' +
remote_host
        #print 'logon_cmd = ' + logon_cmd
        child=pexpect.spawn(logon_cmd)
        i = child.expect(['password:',pexpect.EOF],timeout=10)
        if i == 1:
                print "EOF-1 returned"
                time.sleep(30)
                continue
        child.sendline(cfg_file.getVal("remote_pw"))
        remote_prompt = cfg_file.getVal("remote_prompt")
        i = child.expect([remote_prompt, pexpect.EOF],timeout=10)
        #returned_lines = child.after
        #print returned_lines
        if i == 1:
                print "EOF-2 returned"
                time.sleep(30)
                continue
        remote_cmd = cfg_file.getVal("portshow_cmd")
        #print "remote_cmd = " + remote_cmd
        child.sendline(remote_cmd)
        i = child.expect([remote_prompt, pexpect.EOF],timeout=10)
        if i == 1:
                print "EOF-3 returned"
                time.sleep(30)
                continue
        returned_lines = child.before
        child.close();

Thanks,
Larry Barber


On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 4:30 PM, Don Kuhlman <Don.Kuhlman at schawk.com> wrote:

>  Hi folks. I've been googling all day, searching the forums, and looking
> at other spots but obviously I'm doing something wrong.
>
>  I'm trying to now setup some customization in Xymon for business
> applications.
>
>  I want to do it either with a homemade script, download, or using built
> in features.
>
>  My first task is to try and login to an ftp server using a test id and
> password to verify it is up and accepting connections.
>
>  Next would be to connect via sFTP and try the same thing.
>
>  I'm also trying to do the same kind of tasks with webpages that host
> applications.
>
>  Can someone point me to the best way to do this from our Xymon server,
> and if there are code snips of how to make an ftp connection, send an ID,
> Password, and then quit, I would really appreciate knowing where to find
> them.
>
>  Regards,
>
>  Don K
>
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